The Belarusian Football Federation was founded in 1989. In 1992, theFIFA Federation won the right to participate in theWorld Cup.[1] In 1993, it joinedUEFA, which allowed the national team to participate in the European Championships, and Belarusian clubs to participate in the European Cups.
In June 2021, UEFA suspended the Belarusian Football Federation from holding any events and competitions under its auspices.[2] The UEFA national teams and clubs did not play in UEFA tournaments, and previously scheduled UEFA Mini Football Champions League 2021 and UEFA Congress 2021 will be moved to other countries.[3] Previously, the 2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, which was planned to be held in Belarus, was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[4]
After the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,FIFA andUEFA, the European governing body forfootball, temporarily suspended Belarusian national and club teams from international competitions, which was later reversed, and UEFA banned Belarus from hosting international competitions.[5][6]
